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For example, while you are in Saxony, get an account of l'Aigle Blanc and of what other orders there may be, either Polish or Saxon; and, when you shall be at Berlin, inform yourself of three orders, l'Aigle Noir, la Generosite et le Vrai Merite, which are the only ones that I know of there.
"'Monsieur, vous avez un fils qui fait de la peinture. "'Oui, monsieur. "'Il a du merite. Il a beaucoup d'avenir. "'Ah, said I, 'c'est une belle chose que l'avenir. "The elderly French gentleman rolled up the whites of his eyes and answered: "'Oui, c'est une belle chose; mais vous et moi, nous n'en avons pas beaucoup! "Superfluous information!
To his other honours was added that of Chevalier of the Prussian order, "Pour la Mérite," founded by Frederick the Great, and bestowed at all times with a discrimination which renders it a deeply-coveted distinction. Of the academies and leading scientific institutions of the Continent and the United States, he was also an honorary or corresponding member.
Il avait de la philosophie, Lord Melbourne.... C'est lui qui disait que l'intelligence n'est pas toujours indispensable: le grand avantage du célèbre ordre de la Jarretière, ajoutait-il, c'est qu'au moins "il n'y a pas, dans toute cette bête d'histoire, de mérite
An order known as that "du Mérite" had been recently distributed for foreign Protestant officers, whose religion prevented them from taking the oath required of the Knights of the Grand Order of St. Louis. "Sa figure et son air convenaient parfaitement
Percy how much I felt her kindness to me last night, when when I wanted it so much. There is something so soothing, so gentle, so indulgent about Mrs. Percy, so loveable!" "She is very good, very indulgent, indeed," said Godfrey, in a tone of strong affection, "very loveable that is the exact word." "I fear it is not English," said Miss Hauton. "Il merite bien de l'etre," said Godfrey.
I can't tell you how sweet the little Prince looked when he distributed the medaille de merite to the brave warriors, who received it with due modesty, saluting gravely. The Emperor rode about among the carriages and asked us ladies how we had liked it, and if there had been too much noise.
"Une belle femme qui a les qualités d'un honnête homme est-ce qu'il y a au monde d'un commerce plus delicieux; l'on trouve en elle tout le mérite des deux sexes." "In the heart of the best woman," says a German writer, "there glows a shovelful, at least, of infernal embers; in that of the worst, there is a little corner of Paradise."
Every one in the Government knew the time would come when Germany would have to break its Sussex pledge. The German navy early realised the need for trained men, so it recalled, temporarily, for educational work the man who sank the Lusitania. "But, who sank the Lusitania?" you ask. "Was he punished?" you ask. "Kaiser Wilhelm decorated him with the highest military order, the Pour le Merite!"
Frankly, I was nervous, so instead of thinking about Morocco, I noticed that the Kaiser wore the undress uniform of a Colonel of the Grenadier Guard with the star of the Order Pour le Merite, dangling from his coat button. As if making up his mind, he turned again on me those gray eyes. "You know Kaid MacLean?" "Yes, sir." "How did you get to know him?"
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